BIOGRAPHY William Pierce Rogers Secretary of State,  Term of Appointment: 01/22/1969 to 09/03/1973

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• Born in Norfolk, New York on June 23, 1913;
• Graduated from Colgate University in 1934 and earned a law degree from Cornell University in 1937;
• Married Adele Langston in 1936;
• Assistant District Attorney of New York County 1938-1942 and 1946-1947;
• Served in U.S. Navy from 1942-1946;
• Counsel and chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, 1947-1948;
• Chief counsel to the Senate Investigations Subcommittee of the Executive Expenditures Committee, 1948-1950;
• Practiced law from 1950-1953;
• Deputy Attorney General, 1953-1957;
• Attorney General, 1957-1961;
• Served as member of the U.S. delegation to the U.N. 20th General Assembly in 1965;
• Member of the President's National Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice 1965-1967;
• U.S. representative to the United Nations in 1967;
• Secretary of State in President Nixon's Cabinet from January 22, 1969 and served until September 3, 1973;
• Promoted a cease-fire in the Middle East in 1970 which lasted until the 1973 war;
• Dealt with problems of security and cooperation in Europe;
• Signed the Vietnam peace agreement;
• Returned to the practice of law;
• Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom October 15, 1973.
• Died in 2001.